Thurs. April, 15, 2010

Today, we started class by going over the europe map. bruns gave us some history over the new region of europe that we began looking at today. we tried to get the video to go but it wouldn't work. We figured out that we're going to start presenting our projects. Matt and isaac started their presentation over climate change.

causes- moutain building, volcanic emotions, continental drift, cars melt down ozone layers

effects- rising sea level, sea surface temps are getting higher, more co2 in atmosphere

areas most effected- bangladesh, sudan, caribbean, australia, alps, britain, siberia, tuvalu, great barrier reef

how the US is involved- us didn't sign the protocol, bush found flaws on it. still setting goals to cut on shipping of oil

kyoto protocol-

. Describe what the “flat world” means before watching the lecture?





2. Briefly describe Globalization 1.0.





3. Briefly describe Globalization 2.0.





4. Briefly describe Globalization 3.0.





5. What was the Berlin Wall a flattener of the world?





6. What was the importance of Netscape going public on 8-9-95?





7. What is outsourcing/offshoring and why are many Americans opposed to it?





8. Give two examples of “open-sourcing”.




9. What does Friedman mean by “informing”?




10. What are the “steroids” according to Friedman?




11. According to Friedman, how do people need to change in the future to succeed in a “flat world”?




12. Why should young people be concerned with the “flat world”?




13. Define what Friedman means by the “flat world” now that you watched the video.

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